Ex Parte Butler
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
In 1984, Lacy Ray Butler was convicted of first-degree rape and first-degree robbery and was sentenced for each offense, as a habitual felony offender, to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. See § 13A-5-9, Ala. Code 1975. In March 2005, Butler filed a motion pursuant to § 13A-5-9.1, Ala. Code 1975, asking the trial court to reconsider his sentences and to resentence him to life imprisonmentwith the possibility of parole.
"[T]he trial court had jurisdiction pursuant to § 13A-5-9.1 to consider [Butler's] motion to reconsider his sentence."Kirby v. State, 899 So.2d 968, 972 (Ala.…
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